Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam dy sakʁe kœʁ disudœ̃], lit. 'Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun') is a parish municipality in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 867 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is known mostly as Issoudun, given the length of the official name.
Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun | |
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.jpg) Aerial view of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun | |
 Location within Lotbinière RCM | |
  Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°35′N 71°37′W / 46.58°N 71.62°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | January 4, 1909 |
| Named for | Issoudun[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Annie Thériault |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
• Total | 60.60 km2 (23.40 sq mi) |
| • Land | 60.32 km2 (23.29 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 867 |
| • Density | 14.4/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.7% |
| • Dwellings | 370 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways  A-20 |  R-271 |
| Website | www |
The name honours the origin of a group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who came to Quebec City in 1900, from Issoudun, France.
On August 11, 1957, Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 crashed near Issoudun, killing 79 people.[1]
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun had a population of 867 living in 351 of its 370 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 861. With a land area of 60.32 km2 (23.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.4/km2 (37.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 44890". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Issoudun&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052433085&HEADERlist=0
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
External links
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Media related to Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun at Wikimedia Commons- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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